Work & commute · Wayne

Work & commute in Wayne, OH

About one in 3 of Wayne’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Versailles (25%), Greenville (7%) and Sidney (6%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

29%

681 of 2,379 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,698 Wayne residents head out of town to work, 681 work right here, and 2,382 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wayne.

1,698live here, work elsewhere

681live and work here

2,382work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wayne goes to work

Versailles0.3 mi away

25%594

Greenville11.3 mi away

7%161

Sidney17 mi away

6%149

Troy18.6 mi away

4%103

Wayne (in town)right here

4%87

Dayton33.8 mi away

3%65

Piqua13.5 mi away

2%55

New Bremen15.5 mi away

2%47

Greenville11.4 mi away

2%44

Fort Loramie10.1 mi away

2%40

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%1,034

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Wayne commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

38%

35%

12%

14%

38%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wayne is balanced between jobs and homes

1.29jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.29 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wayne are

3,063 jobs are based in Wayne. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wayne’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wayne

3,063 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)53%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)25%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Wayne residents hold

2,379 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+25%

Jobs based in Wayne, 2013 → 2023: 2,441 → 3,063. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.